'Significant' fire rips through school as gutted building collapses into smouldering ruin

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A devastating blaze tore through the former Parkway Middle School in Haverhill, Suffolk, on Tuesday evening, resulting in a partial structural collapse of the building.At the height of the incident, approximately 70 firefighters from both Suffolk and Cambridgeshire fire services worked to tackle the inferno.Suffolk Fire and Rescue Service was inundated with more than 60 emergency calls from 8:20pm on Tuesday, with witnesses reporting the smoke could be seen from considerable distances.Nine fire engines were deployed to the scene, with crews arriving from Haverhill, Bury St Edmunds, Wickhambrook, Woodbridge and Orford.

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TRENDING Stories Videos Your Say Dramatic footage from the scene showed intense orange flames consuming the school structure whilst dense black smoke rose from the fireThroughout the night, firefighters battled the flames as the situation remained critical until operations began scaling down at approximately 1.30am.One witness, speaking anonymously, described the scene...

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